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PatentedFeb. 12, 1867.

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Leners Patent No. eaossgdated February 12, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT lIN BASKET MACHINES.

TO ALL .WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that) I, GEORGE STORER, of New Britain, in the county of Hartford, and State of Connecticut, have invented, made, and applied to use a certain newr and useful Improvement in Basket Machinery; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the said invention, reference being had to the annexed drawing, making part of this specification, wherein- Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of 4the said machine as in use for making a basket 'and Figure 2 is a plan of the same, with the basket mould in apposition for receiving the splints.

Similar` marks of reference denote the same parts. v

The small basketsusually employed for receiving berries have been made by taeking together tivo splints or thin layers of wood, placed at right angles upon each other,'and then bending them up in a machine by folders or dies. This inode of manufacture involves `considerablen1acliincry,'and some of it is liable to injury by use.

gudgeon, so that' the mould may be rotated, and may also bel turned down so that its gudgcon is horizontal, or turned up vertically, so. as to form an anvil, upon iyhich the splints are laid at right angles,`or across each other, while'beingiailed ingether.; andtben a clamping cap is plaedfov'er the splints, to hold` the sides of the basket in place while being tacked to a rim. My machine is light, strong, and simple, and greatly facilitates the manufacture of the baskets.

In the drawing a is a bed-plate, upon which are two anges,`b, between which is the stock m of the gudgeon c.` This is kept in place by a pin, z', that also forms a centre upon which it may be turned up vertically, or turned down horizontally. This gudgeon carries the metallic mould-block d, forming also an anvil. The block d is 'attached tothe end of the gudgeon cby a vflat-headed bolt or nuts, so that the surface of the anvil-mould may be* dat, or nearly-so, but at the same time said mould is free to beturned around upon the gudgeon.

When in theposition shown in fig, 2, and Vby 'red lines in fig. 1", the mould-block d becomes an anvil, rupon which the splints are laid across each other, and united by tacks driven in and clinched against the anvil. i The 'clamping cap e is then pressed over the splints, to turn them doi/vn against the sides of the mould. The mould is then brought down horizontal, and the cap c clamped by the m'ovi'ng centref, that takes into a'holeor cavity in the cap e, so that the basket is held in place but the mould is free to be rotated while the bands are being secured tothe edges of the basket 'bytaeks driven in and clinched against the anvil. The basket is then removed by releasing the centre f, turning up the mould d, and lifting oli' the cap e. The centre f may be moved'by any suitable means. I have, however, shown it as swinging upon thc centre o and acted upon by the lever cam y. p

What I claim, and dsire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. The gudgeon c, extending from the stock m, and turning upon the pin z', in combination with the mouldblock d, as specified, so that the saidgudgeon-c will be sustained by its stock in a horizontal or vcrticalposition, for the purposes set forth. i

2. I claim the mould-block, fitted so as to be revolved, in combination with the clamping cap e and movable centre f, substantially as and for the purposes specified. 4

In witness whereof I have hereunto sc t my signature this 9th dayiof November, A. D. I866.

l GEORGE STORER.

Witnesses:

Hanny NASH, FRANK Vl. Hannis.

The nature of my said invent-ion consists in'a combined anvil 'and mould-block, attached by a movable 

